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Rocket Licensing has seen "accelerated growth" in the number of UK licensees signing for the eagerly awaited Ghostbusters property.

With just over eight months until the worldwide release of the rebooted Ghostbusters movie in July 2016, the licensing campaign for the film is picking up 'extraordinary momentum' that now sees 23 partners on board.

The latest companies to get on board with Ghostbusters include Centum Books for publishing; Brand Alliance for adult’s t-shirts and sweatshirts; BC International and Poetic Gem for adult nightwear, underwear and loungewear; Danilo for calendars, cards and gift wrap; Branded Distribtution for 3D lights; Hancocks and Kinnerton for confectionery; Finsbury Foods for celebration and seasonal cakes.

The new signings join a portfolio of partners that already covers the likes of plush, gifts, skateboards, toys from Mattel and dress up items from Rubie's.

Having first hit screens in 1984, Ghostbusters has built up a strong following of fans over the decades.

Hitting screens more than 30 years later, the re-booted movie will star Kristen Wig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, and will feature cameos by the original and best Ghostbusters stars - Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts.

“The confirmed signing of a big roster of best-in-class licensees well before the end of 2015 shows the extraordinary momentum behind a brand that is as popular today as it was over 30 years ago – and which is about to enjoy an even higher profile as the great new Sony film comes to screens worldwide,” says Rob Wijeratna, joint managing director, Rocket Licensing.

Two years after the all-female reboot of the beloved 1980s franchise arrived, original star Dan Aykroyd is now promising that a true Ghostbusters 3, starring the three surviving OG ‘busters, is on its way. Many thought the death of Harold Ramis, who played Egon Spengler, in 2014 had put paid to a proper reunion, but Aykroyd’s comments suggest that we can look forward to him teaming up with Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson in the near future.

While speaking on The Big Interview With Dan Rather, the man fans know as Dr. Ray Stantz, the heart of the Ghostbusters agreed with Rather’s wording that he was talking about making a “full-blown third Ghostbusters,” with an unknown writer already currently working on the script. Obviously, Aykroyd wouldn’t let on to anything about story details, but he did tease that it’ll try and recapture what worked so well about the original films while giving it a “21st century” twist.

“I think we got a story that’s gonna work. It’s being written by a really goo…

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If so, there's good news from the world of Gozer — there’s a new Ghostbusters movie in the works!

Entertainment Weekly has learned exclusively that Jason Reitman will direct and co-write an upcoming film set in the world that was saved decades previously by the proton pack-wearing working stiffs in the original 1984 movie, which was directed by his father, Ivan Reitman.

“I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan, when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set. I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans,” Reitman says. “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the ‘80s happened in the ‘80s, and this is set in the present day.”